- Android Auto has a new free dashboard application application
- He uses the integrated car cameras to capture the road
- Car manufacturers will have to personalize the application for their cars
If you want to add additional security to your car or keep a trace of what’s going on on the road while you drive, you’ve probably thought of collecting one of the best dashboard cams. But you could soon trust only the integrated cameras of your car and Android Auto to do the work.
Indeed, Google has recently deployed a new free Dashcam application via Android Auto, which car manufacturers can easily integrate into the services offered by their vehicles (identified by Android Authority).
Some cars already include dashboard cam services using their cameras, but they had to be designed by each car manufacturer.
With Google offering this generic service via Android Auto, many pilots hope – we understood – that manufacturers have not yet added this type of service to their vehicles, because Google has made the process much simpler for them.
The documentation that Google has published is quite in -depth because it is aimed at software developers who seek to adapt its application to adapt to their vehicles, so we have analyzed and chose some protruding facts.
For example, the application recommends that you use external storage to keep video recordings so as not to instantly fill in the internal storage of your car. We also know that the Dash Cam service will start automatically when it detects certain triggers, such as driving on a certain speed. These personalization options allow you to design your ideal dashboard cam configuration according to your needs.
Developers can also configure options for notifications, limits on how files will be stored before being deleted, and a reference “ streaming_module ” makes us think that you may be able to remotely visualize the dashboard clips of your car remotely from another device.
From now on, Google’s Android Auto Auto Application System is not as perfect as a real dashboard cam.
On the one hand, this new system will only work if your car has cameras, and if this is the case, the cameras generally do not look at what is happening inside the car – something you can get from dashboard cams.
For another, you cannot simply install the Android Auto dashboard cam today – you will have to wait for your vehicle to get the support in an update.
But as more vehicles have cameras to help parking, autonomous basic capacities, detection of road panels and other driver assistance features, this Android Auto update will be a large upgrade for many of our cars and could quickly become one of the best features of Android Auto.
